From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Apr 4 04:04:05 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D16CF8C65D for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2018 04:04:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Received: from nightmare.dreamchaser.org (ns.dreamchaser.org [66.109.141.57]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "nightmare.dreamchaser.org", Issuer "nightmare.dreamchaser.org" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90F7A86A51 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2018 04:04:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Received: from breakaway.dreamchaser.org (breakaway [192.168.151.122]) by nightmare.dreamchaser.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w34442jU061317; Tue, 3 Apr 2018 22:04:02 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Subject: Re: Mouse & Keyboard lock-up on FreeBSD 11.1 & Lumina To: Mark Moellering , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Reply-To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org From: Gary Aitken Message-ID: <5c12cb9e-a7a0-4690-c9e3-3d4806395932@dreamchaser.org> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 22:03:21 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 04:04:05 -0000 On 04/03/18 16:42, Mark Moellering wrote: > Between 1/3 and 1/4 the time, when I boot up, if I do not log in right away > and do something on the desktop (i.e., boot-up and then work on > household-chores before logging-in, or log-in and then work on chores) , > the mouse and keyboard, both USB, are completely unresponsive. Unplugging > and replugging-in does nothing. > > I had the occasional problem on a FreeBSD 10.? install and kde4, so I > deleted everything and then upgraded the OS and did a fresh install of > QT/Lumina, etc. > > > I am running older hardware, a core-2 quad-core. > > Full release is listed as: > FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p4 #0: Tue Nov 14 06:12:40 UTC 2017 > > Lumina build 1.41 > > I use slim as my login manager. I had / have a similar problem, but it was / is related to plugging in a usb device. It appears to be a static electricity issue, although I never get a spark. However, it completely goes away if I remember to ground the end of the usb cable I'm about to plug in (touch to my finger) and ground the port on the computer (touch my finger) before plugging the one into the other. Try consciously touching a metal ground point on the box before you do anything else. Drove me crazy, still does when I forget and the whole thing freezes up. And yeah, it should all be well grounded, but apparently something isn't. Gary